1、高考英语一轮复习 阅读理解九月学生选练一11河南卫辉市2017高考英语阅读理解九月学生选练(一)阅读理解。阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项。Every year in America, high-school students who want to go on to college take a national examination called the Scholastic Aptitude Test, or SAT in a shortened way. Their score is an important factor in determini
2、ng which colleges will admit them or whether any will be admitted at all. The Scholastic Aptitude Test muasures ones mathematical ability and use of the English language. Traditionally, the English portion involved grammatical questions and paragraphs that test reading comprehension.But the SAT folk
3、s have added a single question , to be answered in an essay, hand-written on the spot. Thats an interesting way to test writing ability, but content aside, have you ever seen young peoples handwriting lately? Or anyones for that matter, in this age of computer keyboards? Students write numbers and s
4、ign their names on bank checks. They scribble class notes in what can generously be described as the written word. And they hand-write, or more often print, a word or two of identification on luggage and lunch bags. Otherwise, penmanship(书法)-once taught so morally and carefully by second-grade teach
5、ers, has gone the way of the dodo bird which has died out.Yet todays kids are asked to write, thoughtfully and legibly, for several minutes on this SAT Test. Good luck to the test scorers who must work out difficultly the scrawl of young people whove been typing on computers since the age of three!
6、Teachers insist that good handwriting can not only help ones score on the SAT, but also, later on in life, impress potential employers and earn bigger tax refunds because the tax inspectors can actually read the computations. And dont forget, we all have to resort to handwriting from rime to time, a
7、s computers go down when the power goes out.1. The subjects to be tested in the SAT include .A. math,English,reading and handwritingB. math, grammar,reading and writingC. math,foreign language and writingD. math,English and handwriting2.The author write this passage to introduce the fact that .A. wr
8、iting seems to be very important in the SATB. those who will go to colleges have to take the SATC. students should practice handwriting more oftenD. at the computer age kids dont know how to write.3. What does the underlined word “scribble”probably mean?A. write quickly and roughly B. take notes dif
9、ficultlyC. print penmanship carefully D. describe written word generously4. According to the passage good handwriting can .A. help students get high scores in testsB. make a student more popularC. measure studentss abilityD. assist one to get a job1、答案解析:答案为B。本题为细节题。由第一段最后两句话 “The Scholastic Aptitud
10、e Test muasures ones mathematical ability and use of the English language. Traditionally, the English portion involved grammatical questions and paragraphs that test reading comprehension.”和第二段第一句话 “But the SAT folks have added a single question , to be answered in an essay, hand-written on the spot
11、.”可知,答案为B。2、答案解析:答案为C。本题为文章的主旨大意题。全文由SAT考试增加书面表达部分的改革引入话题-当前学生不重视书写,因此此项改革就是为了使学生书写工整,改掉书写潦草的坏习惯。故答案为C。3、答案解析:答案为A。本题为词义推断题。结合划线部分的上下文,在这个计算机时代,学生手写的内容已经非常罕见,只有一两个单词写在行李箱或者午餐包上,用来辨认物主,书法在其他场合就像嘟嘟鸟一样灭绝了。故可以推断,学生在课堂上记笔记非常潦草。故答案为A,迅速而粗糙地书写。4、答案解析:答案为D。本题为细节题。由文章最后一段 “Teachers insist that good handwriti
12、ng can not only help ones score on the SAT, but also, later on in life, impress potential employers and earn bigger tax refunds because the tax inspectors can actually read the computations.”可知,漂亮的书法不仅对SAT考试得分起到帮助作用,而且能给今后找工作时的雇主留下良好的印象,获得更多的退税。故答案为D,帮助一个人找工作。干扰项最强的A选项“帮助学生获得高分”拔高了文章的意思。故答案为D。【2014高
13、考英语模拟适应卷】 阅读下列短文, 从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中, 选出最佳选项。 Do you ever wonder why the English have one word for some animals and a different one for their meat? Why do they use pig and pork, cow and beef, and sheep and mutton. To find out, we have to go back to 1066. In that year, the Norman French invaded Eng
14、land and put a French king on the English throne. The French not only changed the government but they also changed the language. French became the language(王位) of the upper classes of society. And it remained that way for 300 years. Only these high society people could afford to eat meat. As a resul
15、t, French words like porc (pork) and beouf (beef) came into the English language. However, poor English farmers raised the animals. So, the English language retained the words pig and cow from the native Anglo-Saxon. The Norman French added about 10,000 French words to the English language. Seventy-
16、five percent of them are still in use today. Language experts estimate that English speakers who have never studied French already know 15,000 French words! Between one-third and two-thirds of all English words have French origin. Some words such as possible and avenue are the same in French and English; only the pronunciation changes. Other words such as ballet or a la carte retain their French pronunciation in
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